Here She Stands, a Lovely Creature- (DC) 1886 Babcock
[From Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, Volume 37, 1886; "Song Games and Myth Dramas at Washington," by W. H. Babcock. His notes follow. Part of the first stanza and two other core stanzas of Madam were included along with a description of the game-- This is my Ba. In this version the "handsome man" of the print versions of Madam is replaced in the nursery songs and children's game songs by a "nice" or "fine" young man.
R. Matteson 2017]
There are other ring—games in which love does not divide the interest with death, but forms the sole subject-matter. In one of these what must have been originally a dialogue is blended into a continuous song, in which all join:
Here she stands, a lovely creature;
Who she is I do not know.
Madam, I have gold and silver,
Madam, I have ships on the ocean,
Madam, I have house and land.
What care I for your gold and silver?
What care I for ships on the ocean?
What care I for house and land?
All I want is a fine young man.
Then a member of the ring is selected by the one in the middle to take his or her place.